Originally Posted by
saxman66
Um okay. Not sure if that response was to my question or not. IAH has some -200 flying. Someone said it's going away in September. I asked how he found that out. Then I asked if the -200 flying, as in the block hours, will be picked up by EV again. Meaning is another 50 seat operator coming into IAH? Then I stated that the SKW IAH base was originally suppose to be a big base, but that never happened. The SKW IAH base is the biggest it ever has been right now, at about 113 crews.
Yes, it was in response to your statement, "Will EV pickup more of our 200 flying out of IAH then?" My beef was just with your choice of the phrase "our 200 flying out if IAH." My point was just that it's UAL flying. But if you want to call it Skywest flying instead, then it was XJT flying before it was Skywest flying.
Originally Posted by
rcfd13
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Originally Posted by Nevets
But you go ahead and keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. But if you really want to help, instead of supposedly supporting us not taking concessions (not true with that last vote you guys had in that cost neutral deal), then certify SAPA as your NMB recognized bargaining agent and take a seat at the real negotiating table where SAPA's fiduciary responsibility actually has real law backing. Then get back to us here at XJT.
Who's going to put in the time and money it would take to certify SAPA? You can keep telling us to certify SAPA and people can even be in favor of it but the fact is that it would cost way too much time and money for a regional pilot group to be able to get done. Combine that with the fact that all of the majors are hiring and half of the team that attempts to organize it would bail for a major before it's complete. Anyone with the motivation to put in the kind of work it would take to certify SAPA would most definitely have the connections and motivation to get a major class date within the next year.
There's probably a much better shot at Skywest going with ALPA than actually certifying SAPA. Unfortunately most of the more senior people who were motivated and pro-ALPA have already left to go to the majors. The senior lifers who are anti-ALPA and the junior pilots who are trying to get away from the regionals are left. I don't see a union drive anytime soon.
I know I know. It's always some convenient excuse. Yeah, it takes time and effort to collect cards. It would be just as much time and effort for a SAPA organizing campaign as it would be an ALPA camping because I believe that with either, it will require it to happen from within.
Originally Posted by
JustAMushroom
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Originally Posted by Nevets
Anyway, XJT would still exist either way. If it wasn't Skywest, it would've been someone else. UAL wasn't about to let 70,000 block hours of feed disappear.
People always feel like the world will stop if they don't come to work. It's a rude awakening when you finally realize no one noticed.
We could all name a dozen airlines with more weight than xjt ever had that are now gone.
OO pulled xjt back from the edge, but you keep telling yourself what you need too. Those that know, know. Your airline was very close to being a blip in history.
I was in the room in May 2008 when JA told us we would be in BK in 6 months. The fact is that even if we were in the verge of going over the edge, Skywest saw value in buying XJT before that might happen. Either that or they didn't want to risk another 2 years or more to see if it would happen because CAL/UAL wouldn't let their biggest feed dissolve in a bk anyway. Like I said, the 145s were supposed to start being drawn down last year. They have extended dozens of them and are still looking at extending more. Eventually, they may all be gone...in an orderly manner. UAL cannot afford for it to disappear any faster than they are doing it now or in any kind of chaotic liquidation and haphazard dolling out of aircraft/flying.
As for not coming to work, this place could close it's doors tomorrow and I'm 100% positive I will land on my feet. So I'm not worried about. I sleep fine at night.